Area Manager, DNG2

Amazon; Kegworth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UK Services Ltd. is seeking an Area Manager to ensure our site runs safely, efficiently, and at a high quality to meet customer demand.

You will lead a team across multiple shifts, drive productivity improvements, and manage key projects within your area of responsibility. You'll analyse performance data, implement changes, collaborate with senior leaders, and promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement across the network.

Qualifications

• Experience communicating clearly with senior leaders and teams.
• Experience in making data-driven business decisions.
• Strong English-language communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience in people management and team development.

Responsibilities

• Create, oversee, and drive a culture of safety and wellbeing
• Analyse and implement changes to keep quality and productivity high
• Oversee projects to streamline processes and increase service quality
• Analyse shift performance and drive improvements in operational excellence
• Collaborate with management to standardise shift practices

Skills

Communication

People management

Data-driven decisions

English language skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or Advanced Degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Description

Operations is the beating heart of Amazon. This key part of our business makes sure we fulfil and dispatch orders efficiently so that our customers get their items on time. As an Area Manager, you’ll make sure your site is running as smoothly as it should so that we can meet customer demand. You will be leading a team that helps keep our operations safe, efficient, and of a high quality and taking on a number of projects across our network to drive productivity.

Description

Operations is the beating heart of Amazon. This key part of our business makes sure we fulfil and dispatch orders efficiently so that our customers get their items on time. As an Area Manager, you’ll make sure your site is running as smoothly as it should so that we can meet customer demand. You will be leading a team that helps keep our operations safe, efficient, and of a high quality and taking on a number of projects across our network to drive productivity.

Key job responsibilities

• Create, oversee, and drive a culture of safety and wellbeing
• Analyse and implement changes to keep quality and productivity at a consistently high level
• Oversee projects to streamline processes, optimise productivity and increase quality of service for customers within your area of responsibility
• Analyse shift performance against relevant business objectives, and put in place actions to improve our operational excellence
• Work collaboratively with management-level colleagues to standardise shift practices

A day in the life

You’ll work shifts and be based at one of our operational sites. Your main focus will be to maintain safety standards within your team and across your site. You’ll also monitor and maintain process efficiency. Your days will always include prioritising routine team management and daily operational tasks, alongside other tasks like individual escalations, process improvement work and wide-scale operational contingency planning

About The Team

Amazon Logistics, or AMZL, handles ‘last mile’ delivery duties in partnership with third-party distribution businesses. We utilise creative thinking and continuous improvement initiatives to get millions of physical products into the hands of our customers. Our goal is to make our customers’ delivery experience as smooth as possible and roll out global delivery solutions for our newest concepts, like Amazon Fresh, Prime Now and Amazon Restaurants.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience communicating clearly and effectively with different functional groups including senior business leaders, finance, HR and developers
• Bachelor's degree or Advanced Degree
• Experience in making data driven business decisions
• Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience in people management and team development

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within a distribution center, logistics, or manufacturing environment
• Experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional environment
• Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above, we’d love to hear from you.

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Company

Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Job ID: A10488345